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GAZEY (Lawden Road)

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Hi,
A newbie here, wondering if anyone has any information on a great granma's family.
She was Hannah Gazey b 1880.

Her family were -
Dad - George Gazey b1847 ish Weston
Mum - Mary Ann Keates b1852 Bristol

Siblings -
Alice b1871
Mary b1874
William b1876
Hannah b1880
Sarah E b1883
George b?
John b1887
Eliza b1889
Robert Keates b1891
Henry Keates b1894
Charlott b 1896
James Keates J. b1899 Phew !

They lived at 36 Lawden Road Aston in 1901.

Hannah married William Frederick Drew - their son (our grandad ) was born at 'back of' 36 Lawden Road a few years later.

There's a family story about some brothers who were killed in WWI - so far I know George, Robert & Henry all served. George & Henry were killed & I have the casualty details from the War Graves site (my son is going Belgium on a school trip & hopes to visit at least one of the graves)

If anyone knows any more ?
Cheers
 
Wow - thanks for that. I found the WWI medal stuff online last week so I have black & white copies of those. Great to see the colour versions & so much clearer than mine too.

Felt quite emotional seeing the cards for all the brothers together.

Am I right in thinking the 14 star bit means Henry was in France in 1914 ?
And is the ret'd (1743 KR) something about King's Regulations which governed returning medals?

There was one for a James Gazey in the Royal Warwickshire -but not sure that's my James as there's no initials.
 
Hello Rosemarie,
My Gt.aunt, Rose, was married to George Gazey, they married 09/09/1906 at Holy Trinity Church. George was KIA 22/06/1916 his No was 36625.
Royal Welsh Fusileers. He is named on on the Loos Memorial panel 50-52.
Rose & George had one son, George Charles Gazey born 23/11/1906.
According to George's attestation papers this is his description :
5' 2" tall. Chest 37". Tattoo on left arm. he was a bricklayers labourer. He was in need of dental work .

NOTE: Mary married someone named SMITH. & address for her was 17 Pearson st, Balsall Heath. William was also at this address
Hannah ( Drew) was living at 36 Sandy Lane at some point. John was also at this address.
Robert was living at 17/87 Tilton Road
Charlotte & Alice were at 267 Herbert Road

Regards,
Margaret.
 
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Thanks Margaret - thats great. We must be cousins by marriage about ten times removed or something then? :)

I've got some more dates/ addresses for the Gazeys (all on bits of paper).
Do you want me to post some more here or is there a personal message thingy I should use? (They were a big family weren't they!)

I found Henry Keates Gazey on the CWG site - he's buried near Ypres.

I'm sure this branch of the family is what my g-uncle talked about - he said he lost some male cousins in WW1 & their mother's hair went white overnight. He talked about George, Jim, Bob & Harry. Except these Gazey brothers were actually his uncles- but the younger ones weren't much older than my g-uncle so I thought perhaps he called them cousins?
 
Hi rosemarie

Suspect you already have the 1901 Census, here are the earlier years --

1891
Name:Hannah Gazey
Age:11 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name:George
Mother's Name:Mary A
Gender:Female
Where born:Aston, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish:Aston
Ecclesiastical parish:Holy Trinity
Town:Bordesley
County/Island:Warwickshire

Street address: 36 Lawden Rd

Registration district:Aston
Sub registration district: Deritend
ED, institution, or vessel:24

Household Members:NameAge
Eliza Gazey2
George Gazey44 Engine Driver
George Gazey5
Hannah Gazey11
John Gazey3
Mary Gazey16
Mary A Gazey40
Robert K Gazey3/12
Sarah E Gazey6
William Gazey14

bren
 
1881 --

Name:Hannah Gazey
Age:1 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name:George
Mother's Name:Mary Ann
Gender:Female
Where born:Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish:Aston
County/Island:Warwickshire

Street address: 54 Lawden Rd

Registration district:Aston
Sub registration district: Deritend
ED, institution, or vessel:53

Household Members:NameAge
Alice Gazey9 Born Leamington
George Gazey34 Engine Driver Locomotive
Hannah Gazey1
Mary Gazey6
Mary Ann Gazey29
Willm. Gazey4

bren
 
Births --

George Gazey 1st qtr 1847 Warwick 16 599

Mary Ann Keates 2nd qtr 1852 Clifton 6a 110

bren
 
George 1886 ?

I searched with just the christian name as i suspect it has been mistranscribed, you could send for this one but stipulate you only want it if the parents names are George Gazey/Mary Ann, maiden name Keates

George Gray 1st qtr 1886 Aston 6d 266

On FreeBMD it says 256, i looked at their original and to me it looks like 266 and Ancestry gives it as 266

bren
 
This 1861 Census looks good, would be confirmed with parents names on birth cert --

Name:Mary Ann Keates
Age:8 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1853
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name:William
Mother's Name:Mary Ann
Gender:Female
Where born:Bristol, Somerset, England
Civil Parish:Aston
County/Island:Warwickshire
Country:England
Street address: By Railway (see below)

Registration district:Aston
Sub registration district: Deritend
ED, institution, or vessel:22
Household schedule number:130
Household Members:NameAge
Catherine Keates4 Birmingham
Mary Ann Keates45 Bristol
Mary Ann Keates8 Bristol
William Keates39 Railway Labourer, born North Bradley, Wiltshire

There are a few with just "By Railway" but just two houses after this one it says 7 Miles Street

bren
 
This 1851 looks good for George --

Name:George GazeyAge:4
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1847
Relation:Son
Father's Name:George
Mother's Name:Hannah
Gender:Male
Where born:Weston, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish:Weston Under Wetherley
County/Island:Warwickshire
Country:England
Street address:

Registration district:Warwick
Sub registration district:Kenilworth
Household schedule number:30
Household Members:NameAge
Alice Gazey7
Ann Gazey11
George Gazey38
George Gazey4
Hannah Gazey33
Hannah Gazey1
Harriet Gazey9

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2073; Folio: 589; Page: 11; GSU roll: 87339-87341.

This looks like the village of Weston, address just given as Cottage for all homes but enumerator has wriiten two lines for the occupation of George snr.
If you want any of these Census images send your e-mail to me in Instant Message

bren
 
The marriage Margaret mentions in her post --

George Gazey/Rose Minchin 3rd qtr 1906 Aston 6d 475

Looks like you have made a very good contact there with Margaret, pleased for both of you, it looks like she has all his Attestation papers etc, couldn't resist having a look myself

bren
 
Thanks very much Bren - just skimmed over those - will have to print them out & have a proper look later.

Especially thanks for the Keates family - I'd only got as far as Mary's birth & couldn't find them (looking in BMD in Bristol).

Funny that Alice was born in L/Spa - that's where I grew up. And Weston is not far from there.

Interesting railway connection too - Hannah married into the Drew family & on that side Charles Drew (her father in law) was also from Bristol I think - and sometime between 1879 & 1903 started working on the railways. In 1903 he was living in Sandy Lane - so I guess these families knew each other before the wedding?

Smaller world back then I guess !
 
Oh and forgot to say -
Last night I looked up BMD for Robert Gazey - I think he got married in 1914 to a Sarah Jenkins and they seem to have had 5 kids between 1920 & 1928 (assuming their's is the only Gazey/Jenkins marriage ).

So he at least survived WW1.
 
Hello Bren & Rosemarie,

That is brilliant info that you have given us Bren...I have found it interesting but I am approaching the Gazey family through Rose Minchin
of course....I can tell you that Rose remarried on 01/03/1919 & went on
to have another son from this new marriage,,,sadly I do not know what
became of Rose & her family....isn't that always the case in family history ???

Margaret.
 
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